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Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list, the perpetrator of the confidence trick is called the "con artist" or simply "artist", and the intended victim is the "mark".
Microsoft did not disclose how many email accounts were breached, nor exactly what information the hackers accessed or stole. Company spokespeople did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Verifying a data breach helps both companies and victims take action, especially in cases where neither are yet aware of an incident. The sooner victims know about a data breach, the more action ...
Months later, Microsoft is still in the process of notifying its affected customers, and it looks like the process isn’t going very well, with experts criticizing Microsoft for sending emails ...
Microsoft later submitted a second inaccurate videotape into evidence. The issue was how easy or difficult it was for America Online users to download and install Netscape Navigator onto a Windows PC. Microsoft's videotape showed the process as being quick and easy, resulting in the Netscape icon appearing on the user's desktop.
Microsoft Points, introduced in November 2005 as Xbox Live Points, [1] were a digital currency issued by Microsoft for use on its Xbox and Zune product lines. Points could be used to purchase video games and downloadable content from Xbox Live Marketplace, digital content such as music and videos on Zune Marketplace, along with content from Windows Live Gallery.
A scam email making the rounds claims to from Microsoft, informing the recipient that there has been unusual sign-in activity on their account in Russia. Scam email claims to be from Microsoft [Video]
This forum seems to be the origin point of the algorithm in question, where some users have claimed to have gathered hundreds of dollars in MS Points; current estimates put the total damage to ...